Table 2 Demographic characteristics of student PTB cases in Jilin Province, 2014–2018 (n, %).

From: Analysis of the epidemiological characteristics and influencing factors of tuberculosis among students in a large province of China, 2008–2018

Variables

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

Total

Total

645

622

560

619

544

11,320

Gender

      

 Male

414 (64.2)

376 (60.5)

345 (61.6)

328 (53.0)

295 (54.2)

6518 (57.6)

 Female

231 (35.8)

246 (39.5)

215 (38.4)

291 (47.0)

249 (45.8)

4802 (42.4)

Sex ratio

1.8

1.5

1.6

1.1

1.2

1.4

Age

      

 6_11(Primary school)

19 (2.9)

23 (3.7)

26 (4.6)

13 (2.1)

12 (2.2)

277 (2.4)

 12_14(Middle school)

53 (8.2)

55 (8.8)

67 (12.0)

50 (8.1)

49 (9.0)

702 (6.2)

 15_17(High school)

172 (26.7)

164 (26.4)

176 (31.4)

219 (35.4)

241 (44.3)

2855 (25.2)

 18_21(University)

321 (49.8)

311 (50.0)

236 (42.1)

282 (45.6)

195 (35.8)

6000 (53.0)

 22_31(Advanced educational institutions)

80 (12.4)

69 (11.1)

55 (9.8)

55 (8.9)

47 (8.6)

1486 (13.1)

Diagnosis of TB

      

 Bacillus-positive

96 (14.9)

85 (13.7)

85 (15.2)

108 (17.4)

105 (19.3)

2554 (22.6)

 Bacillus-negative

464 (71.9)

418 (67.2)

379 (67.7)

414 (66.9)

387 (71.1)

7406 (65.4)

 Rifampicin resistant

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

3 (0.5)

13 (2.1)

22 (4.0)

38 (0.3)

 No pathogenic findings reported

85 (13.2)

119 (19.1)

93 (16.6)

84 (13.6)

30 (5.5)

1322 (11.7)

Prefecture

      

 BC

32 (4.96)

33 (5.31)

22 (3.93)

29 (4.68)

0 (0.00)

499 (4.41)

 BS

32 (4.96)

26 (4.18)

22 (3.93)

26 (4.20)

25 (4.60)

490 (4.33)

 JL

185 (28.68)

156 (25.08)

137 (24.46)

165 (26.66)

175 (32.17)

2820 (24.91)

 LY

12 (1.86)

13 (2.09)

4 (0.71)

14 (2.26)

5 (0.92)

212 (1.87)

 SP

46 (7.13)

40 (6.43)

38 (6.79)

37 (5.98)

38 (6.99)

661 (5.84)

 SY

31 (4.81)

28 (4.50)

25 (4.46)

26 (4.20)

57 (10.48)

972 (8.59)

 TH

36 (5.58)

29 (4.66)

39 (6.96)

33 (5.33)

28 (5.15)

743 (6.56)

 YB

84 (13.02)

60 (9.65)

70 (12.50)

61 (9.85)

0 (0.00)

1086 (9.59)

 CC

187 (28.99)

237 (38.10)

203 (36.25)

228 (36.83)

216 (39.71)

3837 (33.90)